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Iv been playing alot of H3 myself and I know what you mean. The map flow on every map just blows Reach away. Lots of action and great BR battles all going on at one time. H3 maps were made for that. Reach maps were made for AA's.
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Iv been playing alot of H3 myself and I know what you mean. The map flow on every map just blows Reach away. Lots of action and great BR battles all going on at one time. H3 maps were made for that. Reach maps were made for AA's.
Mister Negative
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Like snowbound is a bad map for its own reasons, but like you said, the flow and the design lend themselves to BR battles so well.
didn't get to play a game on Valhalla
Thinking more-
I think Bornstellar is actually insane - I guess most readers just take it as revelation that he's become the didact... But he's not really him at all.
The imprint was supposed to get only some memories from didact but was mainly supposed to simply beef his body up for combat, no?
How would didact react when he finds out this kid has been posing as him? I'd exile him
I mean he was just a boring manipular... His family line has been totally screwed so it's either he goes back to being a nothing forever or he takes the place of didact as he has his memories and he assumes the other is dead
Power grab
Maybe bornstellar is the ancient evil. I mean look at how prejudiced he is at the beginning of cryptum and how naive he is... Even though he "likes" humans he wasn't exactly that way before...
Maybe the procedure wasn't a success after all... The didact did say it was dangerous
I think Bornstellar is actually insane - I guess most readers just take it as revelation that he's become the didact... But he's not really him at all.
The imprint was supposed to get only some memories from didact but was mainly supposed to simply beef his body up for combat, no?
How would didact react when he finds out this kid has been posing as him? I'd exile him
I mean he was just a boring manipular... His family line has been totally screwed so it's either he goes back to being a nothing forever or he takes the place of didact as he has his memories and he assumes the other is dead
Power grab
Maybe bornstellar is the ancient evil. I mean look at how prejudiced he is at the beginning of cryptum and how naive he is... Even though he "likes" humans he wasn't exactly that way before...
Maybe the procedure wasn't a success after all... The didact did say it was dangerous
User 73932
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Drunkfu.
_Computer_
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Like snowbound is a bad map for its own reasons, but like you said, the flow and the design lend themselves to BR battles so well.
didn't get to play a game on Valhalla
Valhalla is a good map with a objective. Hold the middle high ground. Reach just doesn't have this stuff.
YourExWife
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I don't agree with every point he makes; some of them are quite subjective, such as the introduction of the Joker in the sequence. But there are multiple, persistent violations of the basic cinematic rules used to establish things like spacial relationships and direction. Nolan is good at conveying the broad strokes of what happens, but the details of how they happen are often a mess.
The points in the video build on one another so it doesn't lend itself well to skipping around as you did, but there's a great illustration at the 13 minute mark, through 16:15, that sums it up well; the re-edited footage makes much more sense than what is in the film. The rest of the segment (through minute 18) hammers it home.
I'm a very visually oriented person, so I'm sensitive to these kinds of perspective violations. I watch Nolan's action scenes with a growing sense of disorientation, because he does not film his action with clarity or logical framing and cutting. It has nothing to do with the themes of his films, and everything to do with his ability to choreograph action in a way that is coherent. As the video points out, he conveys enough of the idea that most people get it. But it's inelegant, often sloppy and for those visually oriented the repeated errors add up to the point where it's hard to be engaged with the film, since we can't tell what the hell is going on. I have found that he has not improved in this regard; Inception has a few neat sequences, but is just as bad at times. (This has a lot to do with why James Cameron is my favorite director; he stages action with remarkable clarity, keeping everything oriented and framing it beautifully. But that's another topic entirely.)
~You get to finally play your own map in matchmaking~~
You unlocked:
- Stupid teammates
- teammates that are driving the other team around in your gauss hog
- Did I mention the stupidity, like a teammate driving a mongoose around.. without anyone on the back
that was enough Halo for tonight. fucking trueskill, why do you give the other team competent people and leave me with people that are probably chewing their controllers
You unlocked:
- Stupid teammates
- teammates that are driving the other team around in your gauss hog
- Did I mention the stupidity, like a teammate driving a mongoose around.. without anyone on the back
that was enough Halo for tonight. fucking trueskill, why do you give the other team competent people and leave me with people that are probably chewing their controllers
i'm not even
Orochinagis
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I am guilty of these things.
Dear mother of fuck
In the halo cea terminal 1
343 guilty spark says this "this ring contains significant dangers and even with your assumed legacy, I must confirm the presence and pitch of your geas before allowing full access" (while chief is on screen)
I never realized he was saying geas (I always pronounced it differently in my head)
When the human imagery is flashing on screen spark says "curious"
When master chief is on screen he says "curious indeed! After all these years"
This stuff is almost backing up my theory
In the halo cea terminal 1
343 guilty spark says this "this ring contains significant dangers and even with your assumed legacy, I must confirm the presence and pitch of your geas before allowing full access" (while chief is on screen)
I never realized he was saying geas (I always pronounced it differently in my head)
When the human imagery is flashing on screen spark says "curious"
When master chief is on screen he says "curious indeed! After all these years"
This stuff is almost backing up my theory
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kittens
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Yoooo HaloGAF, what's up.
I went shopping at local a games shop today. Picked up Wario Land 2 (Gameboy), Wario Land 3 (GB Color), Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA), and Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA). Gonna nerd the hell out on classic handheld goodness for the next few weeks. (Edit : Oh yeah, and I also got Dr. Mario/Puzzle League for GBA!)
Also: I got a Nexus 7 tablet yesterday. If anyone's looking to get a 7 inch tablet, I highly recommend it.
Also: Halo.
I went shopping at local a games shop today. Picked up Wario Land 2 (Gameboy), Wario Land 3 (GB Color), Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA), and Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA). Gonna nerd the hell out on classic handheld goodness for the next few weeks. (Edit : Oh yeah, and I also got Dr. Mario/Puzzle League for GBA!)
Also: I got a Nexus 7 tablet yesterday. If anyone's looking to get a 7 inch tablet, I highly recommend it.
Also: Halo.
Steelyuhas
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Just read your post. A flaw that Halo 3 and Reach both have in their scripts, as you mentioned in your post, is that there is very little overarching plot in the first half of both games.
I still have this theory that Halo 3's "Guardian" cut campaign section held answers about the Forerunners, their relation to humanity/the chief, and the Flood that never made it into the game.
Do it.
Always.
Uh, have you ever played Big Team before? That's what it is.
I usually try to be in a party, last time I go in there solo :lol
_Computer_
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Donkey Kong Country pure sex.
I can assure you this is a feature of every Reach map. I could drop a multi-page rant about my Firefight partners as of late. (No, it's not helpful when I'm engaged in a close quarters melee with a bunch of guys when you lob a rocket at my feet detonating the 10 plasma grenades that have piled up, thanks.)
Dear mother of fuck
In the halo cea terminal 1
343 guilty spark says this "this ring contains significant dangers and even with your assumed legacy, I must confirm the presence and pitch of your geas before allowing full access" (while chief is on screen)
I never realized he was saying geas (I always pronounced it differently in my head)
When the human imagery is flashing on screen spark says "curious"
When master chief is on screen he says "curious indeed! After all these years"
This stuff is almost backing up my theory
Fuck your right he does say it. Never noticed that.
So I rewatched Batman Begins, forgot how great it really was. I'll probably rewatch Dark Knight and come next Saturday I'll finally be able to watch Dark Knight Rises. Its gonna be a long week.
Also, once you read the forerunner books and rewatch the terminals, you will notice quite a few things you might not have the first time around. I also didn't notice 343 said "geas" until after I read Primordium.
Also, once you read the forerunner books and rewatch the terminals, you will notice quite a few things you might not have the first time around. I also didn't notice 343 said "geas" until after I read Primordium.
Even if you had competent teammates, you wouldn't have a good time on Cragmire.
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kittens
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I don't really get the implications here... Would you mind explaining more, or linking me to other posts you might've made? I don't know all that much about the Forerunner trilogy fiction.Dear mother of fuck
In the halo cea terminal 1
343 guilty spark says this "this ring contains significant dangers and even with your assumed legacy, I must confirm the presence and pitch of your geas before allowing full access" (while chief is on screen)
I never realized he was saying geas (I always pronounced it differently in my head)
When the human imagery is flashing on screen spark says "curious"
When master chief is on screen he says "curious indeed! After all these years"
This stuff is almost backing up my theory
It's one of the major ideas in the new trilogy. I'm only a ways into the second book (70 pages), but it's proving even more important in it than in the first.
http://www.halopedia.org/Geas
The guy that forged is is pretty good at what he does from what I hear
I think people don't realize that it was a good thing ODST didn't have matchmaking, especially with the survival setup.
NobleGundam
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Finally. Now Finish Cryptum and Primordium Already!Dear mother of fuck
In the halo cea terminal 1
343 guilty spark says this "this ring contains significant dangers and even with your assumed legacy, I must confirm the presence and pitch of your geas before allowing full access" (while chief is on screen)
I never realized he was saying geas (I always pronounced it differently in my head)
When the human imagery is flashing on screen spark says "curious"
When master chief is on screen he says "curious indeed! After all these years"
This stuff is almost backing up my theory
Riser, Chakas, Bornstellar, Didact within the Forerunner Saga. Remember these names.
Geas was passed down by a specific Forerunner.
Yeah, even setting aside the netcode (ending the game with a drop or quit alone prohibits matchmaking), the game configuration is a griefers dream and a good players nightmare. For bad players, they'd last about 90 seconds, draining the life pool.
That said, I hope Spartan Ops is not just a mini-Campaign. I really want a good survival mode. It's tough to do online, but I really hope that niche will exist.
User 73932
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It is really bugging me that I don't have all the achievements in Halo Wars, ODSt , and Halo 3. If any of you are up to it or need those achievements let me know.
This would have been ODST matchmaking:
1) people quitting out and ending the game because it's dinner time on set 3
2) people getting off the map and idling on the top of Lost Platoon while all of you sit on the spawn screen and quit after a half hour
3) everyone would vote Lost Platoon and Lost Platoon only
4) betrayals for the hog
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kittens
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Cool, that's good to know about, hah. I still don't really understand what Dopey's getting at, though. I should read the Forerunner books after I finish up with Dune.
And another note: I wonder how Spartan Ops objectives like "carry the core" will work in single player. Will the game just skip that objective, or give you AI helpers, or...?
I'm guessing you either put it on your back, or you have to kill all the enemies in the an area and then lug it from there.
Enjoying Dune? I had some issues with it, particularly later on, but Herbert built one mother of an interesting universe, IMO.
NobleGundam
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Geas Verification. Terminal 1.
Wiki Cryptum & Primordium. Read the novels for further details. Monkey and Dopey knows what's up! Kudos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F4_cz9MTgs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
PM for some speculation. It's difficult not to spoil this thread.
Wiki Cryptum & Primordium. Read the novels for further details. Monkey and Dopey knows what's up! Kudos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F4_cz9MTgs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
PM for some speculation. It's difficult not to spoil this thread.
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kittens
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Yeah, I'm loving it so far. I'm about 100 pages from the end, and have only minor complaints. The universe is definitely enthralling. I already can't wait to get my hands on the follow up novels.
User 73932
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Semi-related.
I never knew what to make of this comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDQN7nwZlw&t=11m10s
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kittens
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Kevin's reaction makes me think Bear wasn't supposed to say that, haha.
Just spoiler tag it, and say what you are spoiling before the black ink.
Franklinator
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Niiiice, Minish Cap is probably my favorite Zelda behind Windwaker. You're gonna have a blast.
Also, just got back from seeing Batman and thought it was great. I like Dark Knight more though, I think.
StalkerUKCG
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If you are on a shit list then so am I. Its unreal how many bad players i get matched up with. If im the top scorer the majority of games i feel like Matchmaking is not doing its job.
(not sure if i am top score the majority of games but it certainly feels like it most of the time.)
Besides that i also get complete fucknuts for team mates betraying me for snipe or doing the exact same action off spawn every single time.
MrGreencastle
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I got that as well. If I'm hearing correctly, it was,
"Master Chief and his Spartans are two unmixed sets of DNA - one of which is embedded in one of the characters in Halo Cryptum."
If so. Yikes.
Edit: Decided to spoiler tag that...
Franklinator
Member
I played three games by myself for the first time in months today. I did really well in each, all my teammates went negative, and we lost two of the games. It's so awful, almost ruins any incentive to do well if you're not rewarded for it.
NobleGundam
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I was meaning to further speculate in PMs because speculating in this thread can be a problem to those that aren't up to date with the novels. If it's only a few spoilers to add into discussion then I'll do so.
The Henery
Member
Nuh uh. I crowned it the worst map in the game. This is based on the fact I played one sided objective on it a handful of times but slayer a thousand. The forcing of gametypes on maps not intended for it is pre-school MM management, an insult to the playerbase and something that absolutely has to stop for Halo 4.
It's how Reach rewards you for taking the time to become good at the game: makes it impossible to win.
The less players in the game the higher your chance of influencing the outcome though. 4v4's OK. Last night I played some BTB alone and MM gave me nothing to work with. No matter how well I did, it was ultimately futile because of the rank incompetency of my 'teammates'. All I need are one or two of my seven to be decent. Nope, can't do that. Funny how they can find four players that possess hands on the other team though.
You jest but sometimes Reach can literally bludgeon me into a bad mood. It passes five minutes after I turn the game off. It's why I've barely played the game of late. Sad thing is, it's not even the game in itself. It's the rubbish around it: the teammates, the wrong map/gametype chosen, the blackscreens, the power weapons respawning after blackscreens, the quitting rendering objective games void, being betrayed for the sniper, gamertags with guests idling for the credit jackpot, etc etc etc.
Devolution
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Just another reason team training should come back and all of the guests should fuck around in there.
thezerofire
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I only read the first few pages of the sequel, but if I remember right it takes place a couple thousand years after Dune, the main character of Dune is dead, and his mother is commanding armies or something. I was thoroughly put off, but I hear it's still good
also I'm really lost on all this fiction talk, where should I start?
Zeouterlimits
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Greg Bear books & Terminals.
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